Category Archives: Photography

Wild Wolves

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Here are a number of shots of the resident pack of wolves at the Scottish Deer Centre in Cupar, Fife.   Heavily persecuted for killing live stock, the last wild wolf in Scotland was killed in 1745 and from that day the number of deer grew out of control.  Nowadays humans have effectively replaced the wolf in culling the deer in order to manage their numbers.

Wolf
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf
Wolf

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Eurasian Eagle Owl

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The following shots of an eagle owl were taken at the Raptor World Bird of Prey centre which is located within the Scottish Deer centre near Cupar in Fife.   Amongst the largest  species of owl in the world the females can grow up to 75cm high and have a wingspan of 188 centimetres.  A very impressive looking bird when seen at close quarters.

Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl

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Abstract – Milk Collisions

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More fascinating shapes caused by the high speed collision of simple milk drops unseen by the human eye.  All done with a little helping hand of food colouring!

Milk Collision
Milk Collision
Milk Collision with a touch of blue food colouring
Milk Collision with a touch of green food colouring
Milk Collision with a hint of yellow food colouring

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Little Egret

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Sometimes you take a relatively simple shot without really thinking about it and somehow it works.  This little egret was happily going about his business at Lindisfarne in Northumbria.

Little Egret

Little Egret

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High Speed Milk Collisions

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Here are a few shots of high speed milk collisions achieved with a drop of red food colouring and a red background.

Milk Collisions
Milk Collisions
Milk Collisions
Milk Collisions
Milk Collisions
Milk Collisions

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Grey Heron

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Here are a few shots of a grey heron taken at Broughton on the outskirts of Aylesbury.  He was stealthily creeping around and feeding on something quite large however, at the key moment my camera was on the wrong setting resulting in a blurred images, frustrating indeed!  Nevertheless, still quite nice close ups.

Grey Heron
Grey Heron
Grey Heron

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High-Speed Photography

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Here are a number of shots of milk drop collisions taken at high-speed predominantly freezing the action using a couple of flashguns.

Milk droplet collision
Milk droplet collision
Milk droplet collision
Milk droplet collision
Milk droplet collision

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Kingfisher

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Here are the penultimate set of shots of a stunning kingfisher taken during a memorable day at a hide in Worcestershire.

Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfisher

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Milk Droplets

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Here are a few high speed shots of milk droplets (the semi-skimmed variety) taken with a macro lens, an off camera flash to freeze the motion and a hell of a lot of patience.  You will notice that remarkably some of the shots closely resemble another dairy product – an egg!

Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets
Milk Droplets

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